Heidegger and Theology

Martin Heidegger is the 20th century theology philosopher with the greatest importance to theology. A cradle Catholic originally intended for the priesthood, Heidegger's studies in philosophy led him to turn first to Protestantism and then to an atheistic philosophical method. Nevertheless, his writings remained deeply indebted to theological themes and sources, and the question of the nature of his relationship with theology has been a subject of discussion ever since. This book offers theologians and philosophers alike a clear account of the directions and the potential of this debate. It ex.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Note on the Text; Abbreviations; Books & Editions; Correspondences; Other abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Heidegger's Catholicism (1889-1915); Heidegger's home: Ultramontanism and anti-modernism; The 'Exciting Years' of 1910-1914; Models and sources; The qualifying thesis of 1915; Notes; Chapter 2 Heidegger's Protestantism (1916-1921); A biographical sketch; Intellectual developments; The eschatological constitution of religious existence: Heidegger's readings of Paul and Augustine; Notes; Chapter 3 The emancipation of philosophy (1921-1929).

Philosophy under theological epochéLuther and the problem of sin; The emancipation of philosophy; Heidegger and Kierkegaard; Notes; Chapter 4 Theology in Being and Time; The question of being; Origins and ends: Eschatology and original sin in Being and Time; Notes; Chapter 5 Heidegger between Hitler and Hölderlin (1930-1935); Apocalyptic nationalism in Germany; National Socialism as a messianic ideology; Heidegger's eschatology between Romanticism and Nazism; Notes; Chapter 6 The later Heidegger (1935 and beyond); Heidegger and Christianity.

Heidegger's later thought in the vicinity of theologyNo…